Jacob sidney sammons



(No Model.)

J. S. SAMMONS. STORE STOOL.

No. 401,380. Patented Apr. 16, 1889 WITNESSES} INVENTOH, 9% BY UNITEDSTATES PATENT Price.

JACOB SIDNEY SAMMONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STORE-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,380, dated April16, 1889.

Application filed June 23, 1888. Serial No. 277,996. (No model.)

To a-ZZ 20710722 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB SIDNEY sin-1* MONS, a resident of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Store-Stool, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a padding for the base ofstore-stools, to prevent said stools injuring the door when moved overthe same.

The invention consists in a store-stool base having perforations nearits edge, combined with strips of leather or analogous material that arelapped over the edges of the base near said perforations, the ends ofsaid lapped material being secured by fastenings that pass through saidperforations.

The invention further consists in the details of improvement that aremore fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section onthe line 0 c, Fig. 2, through a store-stool base and part of its columnor pedestal, showing the application of my improvements. Fig. 2 is abottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, enlarged, on theline 7; 7o, Fig. 4:, showing the padding for the stool-base in positionand Fig. 4c is a detail sectional view of the same on the line it" In,Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the pedestal orcolumn of a stool, and B represents the base of said stool. The outeredge of said base is preferably polygonal in form, the drawings showingsaid edge as octagonal, which I find to be a convenient shape. The outeredge of the base B is provided with a number of perforations, a-one neareach corner or angle, as in Fig. 2. material or metal h of the base B,outside of each perforation a, is bound or lapped by a binding or stripof leather, rubber, or analogous material, D. The ends of thebindingstrips D pass into or across the perforations a, and are securedtogether by suitable fastenings, dgvhich fastenings are in line withsaid perforations a.

To prevent the upper side of the bindingstrips D being worn away by thecontact of persons feet, I make said upper side of said binding-stripsflush with or beneath the upper side of the base B near its outer edge.

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To accomplish this, I recess the upper side of the material I) of thebase B, as at c, Fig. 4:, and place the top fold of the binding-strip Dtherein, so that said fold will not be above the metal at the edge ofthe base B.

The outer part of the metal base B is on a lower level than the centralpart, as in Fig. 3. This gives the padding D full contact with thefloor.

From the above it will be seen that the bot tom of the base is raisedfrom the floor, the lower fold of the binding-strips D being interposedbetween said base and the floor. By this means, when the stool is movedor pulled along the floor, the binding-strips D take up the Wear. If thestool be tipped on one edge, the material of the stool-base will notdrag on the floor because of the presence of the binding-strips D, thatcover the outer edge of the base at the corners or angles.

I prefer to secure the pedestal A to the base B as follows: The end ofthe pedestal is made in the form of a tube, 77., said pedestal having ashoulder, a, above the tube. Said tube is split radially from itscentral perforation to the outer edge, as shown at Z in Fig. 2. m is atapering plug that is adapted to pass into the perforation j to spreadthe end h of the pedestal.

To secure the pedestal A to the base B, the tubular split end h of thepedestal is passed into the socket g in the base B, the shoulder aresting on the base B. The plug m is then driven into the perforation jin the end 71, so as to spread the split end of the tube h, and therebyto wedge said pedestal to the base B. The shoulder a takes up the thrustof the pedestal on the base B. It is evident that the pedestal A couldbe secured to the stool-seat in the manner above shown by placing asimilar socket, g, upon the seat.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- The stool-base B,having perforations anear its edge, combined with the binding-strips D,that are lapped over the edge of the base near said perforations, theends of said bindingstrips being secured by fastenings that pass throughsaid perforations, substantially as described.

JAOOB SIDNEY SAMMONS.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, T. F. BOURNE.

